Burlington declares quarterly dividend amid market dullness
Burlington announces a regular quarterly dividend of 11 4 percent, easing nerves after overdue notice and quiet gossip of a possible cut. Stocks advance on the news led by Sugar and General Freddie as markets mutter toward stabilization while gold, currency, and import outlook remain unsettled.
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Burlington
Northern Pacific
General Electric
Lynn
Washington
Sterling Exchange
London
Boston
Great Northern
Financial Information Company
Financial Emergency Hospital
N. P
U. P
Chicago
Richmond
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Hungary
Roumania
Bulgaria
Italy
Spain
England
Austria
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Dividend Declared by Black Wonder Gold and Silver Mining Co
The board declares a dividend of one cent per share at a meeting held August 14, 1803. Payment is due August 30 at the International Trust Company in Boston to stockholders of record August 25. Transfer books close at business hours August 25 and reopen September 1 at 9 p.m. by order of directors H.
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Chicago
Stock Exchange
Estes
Faston Stock Exchange
Atchison
West End
Bost & Mont
Butte & Bost
Cal & Hecla
Franklin
Eeeeweee Kearearge
Osceola
Ssesceese Eee Incy
Wenreeovte Eee Marack
Land Brookline
Serene
Belhis Seciennke
Westinghouse
Wayne
Black Wonder Gold and Silver Mining Company
Washington St
Luston
Mass
International Trust Company
Boston
Orof
Wheat and flour markets show unsettled conditions and firm prices
The market notes unsettled wheat with last week’s advance partly lost, flour holding firm, and demand restrained by weak financial conditions. Reports list patent, clear, and straight wheat prices, meal, oats, rye, and corn with firm or steady levels, plus livestock and butter, cheese, eggs, beans, poultry, potatoes, hay, and rye straw pricing.
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Minnesota
Chicago
Canada
Prince Edward Island
New York
Vermont
Florida
Messina
Palerzzo
Palermo
Bartlett
Winthrop Plans Fashionable Coaching Parade Saturday
Winthrop readies a lengthy coaching parade with hayricks and diverse vehicles. Carter's Band to lead, Richardson's Band third division, four parade divisions, and special trains and steamers arranged. Residents decorate routes as horsemen, ladies in saddle, and bicycle riders join the display.
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Winthrop
New England
Hayricks
Carter
Richardson
J. F. Rawlins
Aloha House
Opera House
Young’s
New Winthrop
Cottage Park House
Yacht Club
Bryant
Neptune Avenue
Hose 2
Winthrop War Veterans
Leighton
Shirley
Argyle
Crescent Club
Deer Island
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn
Boat Company
F. S. Barstow
Brown
Winthrop Yacht Club
Commodore Cushing
Tewksbury Chapel
R. W. Cone
Lulu Stanley
Boston
Sadie Warnock
Mertie Aldrich
Percy Waters
Charles Cutting
Ida
Bertha Merrill
Lillian Paine
Florence Rogers
Evelyn Rand
Ella Tewksbury
Laura Rogers
Olive Wood
Edith Berry
Sadie Wyman
Point of Pines
Innes
Thirteenth Regiment
Andurean
Camille
Crescent Beach
Tilton
Lafricaine
Naval Brigade
Fae
Libel suit over Acacia collision and missing Portland teamster
The Acacia owners filed a libel suit in U S District Court for 3500 damages against the steamer H F Dimock following a supposed Aug 9 collision. Officials report the search continues for Joshua Ford, a missing I D Dana teamster, last seen in South Boston acting oddly. Inspectors released a filled report on the near collision between E P Shaw and Henry W Longfellow, noting excessive speed by Longfellow and recommending moderation in crowded harbors. Captain Wyman faults Longfellow for the high speed. Captain Smith maintains 13 mph. no existing law on harbor speeds is cited.
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H. F. Dimock
United States District Court
Joshua Ford
I. D. Dana
Portland Packet
South Boston
Ford
Gold Street
South
Boston
Patrick Shea
Boston & Bangor
Shea
United States
E. P. Shaw
Henry W. Longfellow
Longfellow
Wyman
BE. P
Shaw
Smith
Captain Smith
Eighteenth Connecticut Regiment Holds Annual Reunion
In Dantelsonville at Quinebaug Lake about 200 veterans attended the Eighteenth Connecticut Regiment reunion. Officers elected include President Timothy Parker of Norwich, vice presidents Thomas Grow James McGee Asa C Scranton, Secretary W H Ellis Norwich, and Treasurer H Wurfee Norwich. Next reunion planned for a later date.
VETS AT FANEUIL HALL Eighth Union Veterans' encampment opens in Boston
The eighth national encampment of the Union Veterans' Union met at old Faneuil Hall with flags, prayers, and speeches by Lt Gov Wolcott and Commander-in-chief Yoder. Delegates from several states attended as minutes were read and committees formed. The body praised growth, debated pensions, and planned a harbor excursion and fish dinner.
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Faneuil
Union Veterans’ Union
Veterans’ Union
Edward Warner
Chaplin
Yoder
Wolcott
Russell
Commonwealth
C. C. Emory
Lee
Board of Aldermen
Matthews
H. L. Street
Department of
Vermont
New Hampshire
Quartermaster Ross
Committee On Finance
United States
Department of Massachusetts
Bass Point
Roberts
Union
Boston
Massachusetts
Jennison
Michigan
Washburn
Department of New York
Connecticut
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Department of the Potomac
Women’s Veteran Relief Union
Michaels
Union Veteran Legion
Sons of Union Veterans
Bay State Gas Contract Talks At City Hall In Boston
Negotiations are pending between Boston and Bay State Gas to light city street lamps in Boston proper and nearby districts. Mayor Matthews expressed satisfaction with terms of a three to five year contract offering the city a 10 percent discount from consumer rates set by gas commissioners. Signing would end the gas war unless the Board of Aldermen continues the Brookline Gas Company permit challenge.
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City Hall
Bay State Company
Boston
South Boston
Roxbury
Dorchester
Matthews
Mountains
Gas Commissioners
Board of Aldermen
Brookline Gas Company
Winchester
Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners
Bolyston Street
Mass
Hosea Kingman
Tilly Haynes
Harvey N. Collison
Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commisssioners of Massachusetts
Howard A. Carson
Connecticut Vets Meet at Pleasure Beach in Bridgeport
Nearly one hundred members of the First Connecticut Heavy Artillery held their twenty-fourth annual reunion at Pleasure Beach Bridgeport. Officers elected include Wakeman R. Mott president and J C Taylor secretary. They planned to meet again next year at the same venue. The Sixth Co V reunion at Savin Rock West Haven elected officers Bondsen president and W F Smith secretary with 116 deaths in the regiment noted. Next reunion slated for Bridgeport.
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Bridgeport
Conn
First Connecticut Heavy Artillery
Pleasure Beach
Wakeman R. Mott
Ansonia
Frank Miller
C. J. Potter
Goshen
John .C. Taylor
Hartford
J. P. Elliott
C. D. Miller
C. B. Russell
J. H. Thompson
H. W. Gilbert
New Haven
Sixth
Co. V
Savin Rock
West Haven
Captain Bondsen
W. F. Smith
Charles K. Cadwell
Credit rule for dairy bills adopted in 1898 meeting
A committee of receivers from the butter cheese and eggs line proposed a rule requiring all bills for butter cheese eggs and beans to be paid within ten days of purchase. If unpaid by the tenth day, interest at 12 percent per annum would be charged.
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Chamber of Commerce
Fruit and Produce Exchange
Old Rebel's Tale Of Canada's Early Independence Drive
An elderly Boston resident recounts a Canadian rebellion memory from 1836 37. He describes a Montreal foundry attack on Molson guns 1500 rebels at Sorel a cap of liberty ceremony and a flight to Whitehall after English pursuit.
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Honore Mercier
Boston
Canada
Post
Montreal
McTavish
Molson
Her Majesty’s
Sorel
Three Rivers
Little York
Toronto
England
France
Sandusky
Lake Champlain
Whitehall
Protection of Animals Causes Placards and Prize Offer
At the August meeting of the M S P C A directors President Angell displayed Kodak photos of twenty three members from several clubs mounting mutilated horses. The society voted to send placards statewide and offered 250 dollars for evidence to convict offenders under Massachusetts law. Boston agents handled 312 cruelty complaints, removed 39 horses from work, and mercifully killed 66 animals.
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Angell
Kodak
Myopia
Hingham
Dedham
Harvard
Country Clubs
Massachusetts
Boston
Mayor Bancroft Opposes Brattle Street Electric Driveway
Cambridge mayor clarifies stance on electric streetcars on Brattle and Huron streets. The Board of Aldermen support the leave to operate electrics, noting city development and tax base gains, while preferring Mt. Auburn for driving and Brattle for tracks. The mayor argues the system will not ruin Brattle’s beauty but will reduce its value as a driveway.
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Bancroft
Cambridge
Brattle Street
Huron Street
Brattle
Mt. Auburn Street
Italian sewer workers clash over pipe theft in Cambridgeport
A crowd of Italian workers on Western avenue grew violent after a pipe was stolen by John H. Clasby. Clasby was wounded by a dirk, Angello Meri was arrested for assault with a dangerous weapon, and Clasby faced drunkenness charges. Police expect more arrests as names of other gang members are known.
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Western Avenue
Cambridgeport
John H. Clasby
Clasby
fourteen professed sisters at Mt St Josephs Academy Brighton
Archbishop Williams presided as fourteen postulants were received into the order of St. Joseph at Mt St Josephs Academy Brighton in a 3 PM ceremony. Eight bridesmaids led the procession to the chapel, novices wore black bonnets and carried candles, followed by a reception in the convent parlors. The newly professed sisters will continue to appear in public to teach religious truths and aid others.
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Mt. St. Joseph's Academy
Brighton
Order of St. Joseph
Archbishop Williams
Larceny Attempt Targeting Industrial Home in South End
An organized attempt to steal from the Industrial Home at 17 Davis Street, South End, was thwarted when inmates reported a plan to seize a sewing machine and carpeting. James Loomey, alleged gang leader, was arrested by Division 5 officers and faces Municipal Court today.
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Davis Street
South End
T. D .Roberts
James Loomey
Division 5
Tickets sold for Newport excursion by NY NH Hartford rail
All tickets for the Newport ex cursion today by the New York New Haven Hartford railroad Old Colony system have been sold. Another opportunity to visit this watering place will be offered Thursday next August 24 with tickets on sale details to follow.
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Newport
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Old Colony
Thursy
Steamers Parthian and Katahdin Sailings Listed
Steamers Parthian bound for Philadelphia with H F Dimock sailing for New York Katahdin taking cargo to Bangor and Portland Kennebec sailing for Bath and Portland.
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Chatham
Foster
Baltimore
Pottsville
Philadelphia
Keystone
Katahdin
Pierce
Bangor
Kennebec
Collins
Bath
Portland
Snowman
George A. Chafee
Godfrey
Gloucester
Boston
Stanwood
Yarmouth
Halifax
Hill
Parthian
Snow
E. B. Sampson
H. F. Dimock
Coleman
New York
H. M. Whitney
Co. Austin
G. Co. Hills
C. F. Williams
Schooter Rewa
Crane
Parrsboro
N. S
Delong & Seaman
Yarmouth Steampin Steamers Schedule From Boston
Steamers of the above line will leave Pier 1 Lewis wharf Boston every Monday Tuesday Thursday and Friday at 12 o'clock noon for Yarmouth Nova Scotia with connections to all parts of Nova Scotia. Full information from agents J F Spinney Lewis wharf W H Eaves 201 Washington Street Raymond Whitcomb 296 Washington Street Thomas Cook & Son 332 Washington Street John G Hall & Co 64 Chatham Street.
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Lewis Wharf
Boston
Yarmouth
N.8
Nova Scotia
J. F. Spinney
W. H. Eaves
Washington Street
Raymond & Whitcomb
Thomas Cook & Son
John G. Hall & CO
Chatham Street
Eastport
Calais
St. John
N. B
Campobello
St Andrews
Maritime Provinces
East Eos
M. R.R
Portland
pXo
BR. & Me RR
St.John
Washington St
East River
New York
J. A. Flanders
Theo. G. Eger
Bowling Green
Halifax
Walifax
Olivette
United States
Savannah Pier
Noor
Cape Breton
P. E. Island
Mulgrave
Picton
Charlottetown
Richardson & Barnard
North Side
Ottoman ship discharging at East Boston wharves
Cargo from the steamship Ottoman arriving from Liverpool is being discharged at Pier 6 Grand Junction Wharves East Boston. Under current rules all cargo may remain on the wharf 48 hours from steamer entry at the Custom House. Consignees may request earlier storage by notifying the collector Warren & Co. agents.
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Liverpool
Grand Junction
Boston
Custom House
Warren & CO
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Ches & Ohio
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See
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Csvicereth Petroleum
Eereee
Eetereee
Cood
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Faneuil Ball
Gov. Wolcott
Ald
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BAY State Gas
Sisters OF ST. Joseph
Newport Excursion
Shipping News
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Essex
White Star Line
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E. A. Adams & CO
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Furness
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American Line
Southampton
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Empress Dock
Havre
International Navigation CO
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Old State House
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Pictou
Chaerlottetown
Carroll
Worcester
Fort Time
R. B. Gardner
Atlantic Ave
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Britannia
Boston & Philadelphia Steamship Line
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Post Office Square
Boston, Mass
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Alfred K. Foster
S. Fr. Trull
WM. B. Turner
Sea
Herchants & Miners Transportation
Tenn
Go Air Line
Atlantic Coast and Seaboard Air Line
Kanawah
Baltimore& Ohio
R. E
Cumberland Gap
Norfolk
A. M. Graham
Whast
J.C. Whitney
Clyde Steamship CO
Great Southern Freight
Florida, South Carolina
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New York & New England Railroad
Metropolitan Steamship Company
Sound Lines
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Central Railroad of Georgia
Savannah
Florida & Western Railway
Georgia
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Alabama
Louisana
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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Henderson J. Edwards
Elizabeth B. Edwards
Charles A. Coffin
Suffolk
Shawmut Park
King Street
King
Rosemont
Lars
H. B. Wankin
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